Pope Francis marks his second anniversary Friday, and he continues to ride a wave of popularity that has earned him accolades and criticisms alike. Take a look at the many reasons why Pope Francis is cool.

Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz appeared on "CBS This Morning" to discuss the pope's first year as pontiff.

This year, Pope Francis was on the cover of Rolling Stone, he was Time Magazine's person of the year and he showed up in the occasional selfie.

Kurtz, who has been president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November, says Pope Francis has already dramatically improved the church's image while setting a new tone as a role model.

“And how has it changed the church? Well first of all, it’s taken the world by storm and the eyes of the world on the church and I think there's a real call to make us more pastoral and the pope does it the way Jesus said -- don't just tell people to do something, do it yourself,” said Kurtz.

Kurtz and Cardinal Timothy Dolan say looking ahead, the pope will continue to promote women in the church, create less secrecy and try to lead by example.

“In many ways he puts the attention on the person in front of him and people love that. Don't we all love to be noticed?” said Kurtz.

The pope's tweet on his one-year anniversary was simple -- "please pray for me."

Kurtz joined the Catholic Church 45 years ago.

He was installed as archbishop of Louisville in August of 2007, when he replaced Thomas Kelly.